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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida

STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Fire set in Boston ballot drop box; FBI asked to probe

A fire was set Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what appears to have been a “deliberate attack,” Massachusetts election officials said.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Trump makes play for an electoral vote in Maine

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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Black contractor braves threats in removing Richmond statues

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Devon Henry paced in nervous anticipation, because this was a project like nothing he’d ever done. He wore the usual hard hat — and a bulletproof vest.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
U.K. military seizes control of Libya-registered oil tanker in English Channel, ending standoff with ship stowaways

LONDON (AP) — U.K. military seizes control of Libya-registered oil tanker in English Channel, ending standoff with ship stowaways.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
UK military seizes oil tanker with stowaway troubles

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. military seized control of an oil tanker that laid anchor in the English channel after reporting it had seven stowaways on board who had become violent.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: UN chief says COVID 'greatest crisis of our age'

BERLIN — The head of the United Nations said Sunday that “the Covid-19 pandemic is the greatest crisis of our age.”

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
British police respond to oil tanker with stowaway trouble

LONDON (AP) — British police and coast guard units responded Sunday to an incident on an oil tanker in the English Channel after the crew reported they had stowaways onboard who had become verbally abusive.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Bodies of migrants found in fertilizer shipment in Paraguay

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayan officials say workers have discovered the remains of seven people — apparently would-be migrants — in a shipment of fertilizer from Serbia.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Average US gas price falls 3 cents to $2.22/gallon

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline fell 3 cents over the past two weeks to $2.22 per gallon.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Trump insists US 'rounding the turn' on virus

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Blast kills 3 in Pakistan city hosting opposition rally

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — An explosive device killed at least three people on Sunday in the capital of southwestern Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province, despite heightened security as opposition political parties…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Utility cuts power to 26,500 Californians over wildfire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of customers in Northern California and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires due to…